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Old 04-15-11, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
I'm just about finished with my Leader 725 build and if I had paid retail for the frame, full carbon fork and all the components on it, I would have spent just over $2000. Effing ridiculous.
Well, if I'd bought everything new and retail on my 721tr, it prolly would have cost about $4000. Even so, and despite using existing wheels, it still cost about $850. Fact is, anyone should be pretty pleased if they manage to keep the total cost below $1K w/o compromising on quality.
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